Hon. Mary Hamann-Roland

Mary Hamann-Roland is commissioner of Dakota County District 7 — representing residents in the cities of Apple Valley and Rosemount. She credits collaboration as the key to her success in public service. Hamann-Roland served as a school board member for six years, was Apple Valley mayor from 1998–2020 and has served on the Dakota County Board since 2021.

The arts are central to Hamann-Roland’s service to communities — on the national and local levels. She chairs the National Association of Counties’ Arts and Culture Commission, which launched “Art as a Blueprint Forward.” She was founder and president of the Apple Valley Arts Foundation and was appointed as a liaison to the Dakota County Public Arts Commission.